Iowa Core Standards

for this unit

• Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance.
• Understand the effect of economic needs and wants on individual and group decisions.
• Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.
• Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
• Students can comprehend what they read in a variety of literary and informational texts.

Step 1

Dorothea Lange Videos

"Should Have Seen it in Color" - Jamie Johnson

Complete Dorothea Lange post under the discussion tab.

Step 2

View the following content video:

Depression
Next, go to the discussion tab and complete "Discussion 1".

Step 3

Listen to the Ronnie Dunn song below.
"Cost of Living" - Ronnie Dunn

Now view the following content videos.
New Deal Policies
Critics and Challenges


Take a look at what's going on with the economy right now:
C-SPAN: Occupy Wall Street

After viewing the videos from part 3, answer the "Discussion 2" questions on the discussion board.

Step 4

Doing Nothing?
Article Part I
Article Part II
Article Part III

After you've read through the articles, answer the discussion question labeled "Discussion 3" on the discussion tab.

Before you work through the assessments, take a few minutes to review the information on writing a good proposal below.
Proposals: Info and How To

Assessment

Assignment
Rubric


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Reflection

Go back and listen to "Cost of Living" again. Once you've listened to the song, your last task is to
complete the reflection piece below and turn it in at the end of the module.